Internet Explorer in Vista sets homepage to "http:///&q

[gerdh]

.. and subsequently, comes up with the appropriate error message

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Most likely causes:
You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
[color=red]There might be a typing error in the address. [/color]

(wow... can you believe it? The software is smart...).

Once I delete in the Internet options, General tab the "Homepage" setting from "http:///" to "blank", and restart the IE; the previous "http:///" is back in the address line and the General Tab homepage setting. I disabled ALL "currently loaded " Add-ons; no success. However, there is an endless list of 80 (!) add-ons that "run without requiring permission" (hello? noone asked me...)

Any idea how to go about this very annoying issue?

Gerd

[gerdh]

... forgot to mention that the Vista "IE without add-ons" in the Accessories / System section does not show this behavior.

Gerd

[jdhurst]

If Access Connections is installed, make sure the setting for homepage (in each profile) is set for your homepage and not the one it chooses.

Otherwise it may be a Vista problem. I don't have any problem with IE7 in XP Pro. ... JDH

[gerdh]

I have made sure that AC does not create the named problem. the homepage is not set to "http:\\\" by Access Connections.

.. I more and more come to the conclusion that Vista has lots of opportunities for MS. After years of XP and numerous excellent add-on software packages, such as the suite from IBM for notebook computers, all I find is an "all new Vista" that deliverately hangs, consumes power, lacks drivers and ported software, creates all kinds of inconveniences, all for a "sexier look and feel".

How can a bunch of professional programmers be so ignorant to the "already existing good standard solutions based on XP" and start fresh from scratch?

ok, no more whining. A few more attempts to cure, then back to XP!

So, anyone with an idea about this Vista thing: "https:\\\"



Gerd

[K0LO]

Gerd:

You got a pretty good clue in your second post when you determined that IE7 running without add-ons was working correctly. Therefore, the problem is being caused by an add-on.

In IE7 go to Tools > Manage Add-Ons > Enable or Disable Add-Ons and figure out which add-on is causing the problem. Start by disabling them all, then enable half, etc (binary search) until you find the culprit.

[gerdh]

well, binary disabling of all the add-ons to quickly isolate hte culprit does not work - you can not select a group of add-ons to disable them, you have to disable them one by one (argh... why???).

So, I did not make much progress and gave up after a while.

Gerd